Photo: Looking southeast to Brachiopod Mountain (left) and Anthozoan Mountain from Deception Pass (courtesy Alan Kane)
Brachiopod Mountain
- 2667 m (8,750ft)
- Naming History
- Hiking and Trails
51.4814N -116.037W
Located at the headwaters of Baker Creek 1 km south of Baker Lake
Range: Slate
Province: Alberta
Park: Banff
Headwater: Bow
Located at the headwaters of Baker Creek 1 km south of Baker Lake
Range: Slate
Province: Alberta
Park: Banff
Headwater: Bow
Year Named: 1911
Named by: James F. Porter (a surveyor and alpinist from Chicago)
Named for: Brachiopods and other fossils of the Devonian Period cover the west slopes of this mountain.)
Named by: James F. Porter (a surveyor and alpinist from Chicago)
Named for: Brachiopods and other fossils of the Devonian Period cover the west slopes of this mountain.)
Popular Hike: Skoki
Together with Anthozoan Mountain which lies to the south it, Brachiopod Mountain forms a long north-south oriented ridge to the west of upper Baker Creek.
Photo: Looking southeast to Brachiopod Mountain (courtesy Sonny Bou)
Photo: Looking south to Brachiopod Mountain with Anthozoan Mountain beyond from Fossil Mountain (courtesy Vern De Wit)
Photo: Looking north to Brachiopod from the western slopes of Fossil Mountain (courtesy Vern De Wit)
Looking east-southeast to Brachiopod Mountain (courtesy Sonny Bou)